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May 16, 10:03 a.m.
A trade school on Riverside Parkway said a dismissed employee had stolen over $12,000 worth of tools. The theft was on security video.

May 16, 11:34 a.m.
A caller from Elkhorn Elementary asked for police advice: a student had been found with some plastic baggies, and staff wanted to know if that was considered to be drug paraphernalia.

May 16, 7:03 p.m.
A caller reported an ongoing problem of juveniles harassing the ducks in a pond near Linden Road and Summerfield Drive. The caller had just driven by the pond, and saw three youngsters trying to catch a duck.

May 17, 7:03 a.m.
A citizen reported a reckless driver going northbound on Park Boulevard. The citizen gave the driver’s first name, address, and a description of the car, saying this was an ongoing problem.

May 17, 8:26 a.m.
A car on Touchstone Place was found “tagged” with graffiti, and with its windows broken. Nothing was missing.

May 17, 8:56 a.m.
A work vehicle parked at city hall was found burglarized.

May 17, 9:40 a.m.
A two-vehicle collision was reported on Riverside Parkway. An airbag had deployed, and one car was “totaled.” Injuries were unknown.

May 17, 12:12 p.m.
A resident of Sherman Island Road reported “loud, vulgar” music coming from a neighbor’s place. This was a “constant problem.”

May 17, 12:54 p.m.
A female caller said her brother (16 years old and 200 pounds) had just damaged her car with a scooter, and the two were now in a dispute.

May 17, 1:21 p.m.
A man on 11th Street called police to report that his sister was plotting to harm him.

May 17, 2:08 p.m.
A woman on 7th Street said she had a video of an adult neighbor taking pictures of the woman’s daughter sunbathing.

May 17
Copper wire and cables were stolen from a cell phone tower on Linden Road.

May 17, 6:32 p.m.
A Southport man listed a cell phone for sale on the Craigslist website. A subject made a deal to buy it, and the two met at the 2400-block of West Capitol. Then the subject stole the phone and drove away.

May 17, 11 p.m.
A woman on Jefferson Boulevard in Southport reported hearing from a sister-in-law, who reported that there was an unknown subject outside yelling, “I killed Harold!” The caller asked police to check the area.

May 17, 11:10 p.m.
A Water Street resident said an intoxicated neighbor had spit through the fence at him or her.

May 18, 4:10 a.m.
From a Pine Street apartment complex: “2-3 males are outside of the apartment having a party and appear to be very intoxicated. One of the males is holding a shotgun and shot off three rounds. . . not aimed at anybody.”

May 18, 5:17 a.m.
A resident of a Touchstone Place condo complained about a neighbor: “A resident here has his TV on very loud and it’s shaking the bed.”

May 18, 9 a.m.
A trailer on Channel Drive was burglarized. A generator was stolen.

May 18, 12:50 p.m.
A witness said that the owner of a store near West Capitol and Poplar was “chasing another subject and swinging at him with a baseball bat.”

May 18, 1:06 p.m.
A frequent trespasser at a West Capitol supermarket was reported to be “inside the store and attempting to put alcohol down his pants, and also ate produce he hasn’t paid for.”

May 18, 1:13 p.m.
A .40 caliber Smith and Wesson and a 9 m.m. Glock handgun were reported stolen, probably from a moving van that had been parked on Cummins Way with its door open.

May 18, 6:41 p.m.
A citizen called from a motel on the 1800-block of West Capitol. The caller said a man keeps breaking into a room rented by a woman. The woman then spoke to the dispatcher, reporting that the man was currently laying in her bed, and she wanted police to remove him.

May 18, 10:22 p.m.
A witness saw two men carrying a “no parking” sign on a pole eastbound across the Tower Bridge. The sign may have been taken from the Raley Field area.

May 19, 1:25 a.m.
Regarding an incident on the 800-block of Riverpoint Court: “About midnight, (the caller) was at the gas station when a van approached and the driver said he was selling home theater systems. . . (The caller) purchased one for $100, but when he got home and tried to hook it up, he noticed there was no way to hook it up to anything, it was just a box.” The man did a web search for home theater systems under that brand name, and learned there was a common scam going on with them.

May 19, 2:55 a.m.
A man and his girlfriend argued in a north-area residence. The woman threatened to use Mace, but did not deploy it.

May 19, 7:36 a.m.
A vehicle was burglarized during the night on Randolph Road.

May 19, 11:54 a.m.
Dispatchers received a suicide threat from Southport.

May 19, 12:44 p.m.
A “cultural conflict”: A female reported that her parents “are yelling at her and following her around because they don’t want her to move out. . . until she marries.”

May 19, 3:29 p.m.
The levee was reported to be smoldering near Burrows Avenue and South River Road. There were possible “hot spots” from a fire the day before.

May 19, 6:27 p.m.
Two men were fighting near Hardy Drive and Cummins Way – and one had a knife in his hand.

May 19, 8:02 p.m.
A caller complained that the arms were down at a railroad crossing near F Street, and this had been “going on all day.” Dispatchers notified the railroad.

May 19, 4:52 p.m.
A 30-year old Sacramento woman was detained after trying to shoplift $200 worth of goods from a Riverpoint Court store. She also had a no-bail arrest warrant, and was arrested.

May 20, 1:06 a.m.
A loud party was reported near Rogue River Drive and Mojave Drive. There were several drunk juveniles in the street.

May 20, 2:09 a.m.
A resident of Martis Street reported that someone had just kicked the front door, and was now walking behind the residence.

May 20, 2:43 a.m.
A caller from a motel on the 1800-block of West Capitol said an unknown female had just knocked at the door, and was now trying to get into the caller’s vehicle outside.

May 20, 2:47 a.m.
A man wearing a baseball cap was walking northbound on Poplar, “screaming profanity and playing his guitar.”

May 20, 7:45 a.m.
A one-car accident was reported on the I Street Bridge. Someone was injured.

May 20, 8:29 a.m.
A resident complained of an ongoing problem regarding loud music from Princeton Road home, and the caller wanted to make a formal complaint.

May 20, 11:47 a.m.
A Mojave Drive resident found a pile of partly-burned newspapers next to his garage.

May 20, 11:12 p.m.
A domestic violence incident was reported on Kegle Drive.

May 20, 4:39 p.m.
A citizen reported that his wallet was stolen at a Tyler Way garage sale. Gone were about $50 in cash, along with credit cards and a driver’s license.

May 20, 4:58 p.m.
A Southport man said his ex-girlfriend was outside, refusing to leave, and he asked police to move her along. The man said he was “a bit buzzed,” and didn’t want to go out.

May 20, 6:17 p.m.
A Southport woman said her boyfriend’s ex-wife had bought a cell phone for a child belonging to the boyfriend and ex-wife. When the caller took the phone away, the ex-wife threatened to report it as theft.

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We used to live behind these ponds. When they were drained and graded there were hundreds of shad in them. My understanding is that they ARE linked to the deep water channel directly and serve as an outlet to the channel when rain fall is too high. I could be wrong, but that is what the construction guys told me. I have caught bass, catfish, shad and bluegil […]